Who EDC's spare battery?

iTorch

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Mainly for those of you who EDC just one light I guess but I was wondering if many of you do this?

I have just about always EDC'ed a torch of some sort before, but never before bothered to carry any spare batteries, unless I was going caving or camping, and even then I usually just bought new batteries and replaced whatever was in the light at the time, maybe carried the olds as spare.

But now that I have changed for an old AA minimag to a nice new cr123A LED 1 cell, I have a lot more room in my bag for one thing, and then there is the cost factor, AA's are dirt cheap, whereas a singe cr123a is about 7.5% the cost of my new torch (in NZ).

I am soon to order some new batts and a charger from Lighthound to cut down costs, but was wondering who bothers with spare batts, or do you prefer to EDC another torch?
 

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When I'm at work (suited) I have an NS Wee on my keychain, a spare battery is so small it fits in my wallet without me noticing it. I also have an Arc AAA with spare lithium battery in my PC bag.

When I'm in casual I always carry at least one spare for the TiPD-S that goes evrywhere with me. If I'm away from home or camping/travelling I'll carry a couple of wallets that hold 10x123s each in a bag.
 
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My edc is a hds b42 with a 2X123 case i run a 17670 rechargeable in it. But i also carry another 2X123 case loaded with primaries just in case.Hey it doesn't take up much space and you never know if you might need it.
 

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Today, I find myself carrying both a spare light and extra batteries. I have a belt holster that holds one of several single 123 lights (HDS, Novatac, MxLux, TNC) that are extreemly reliable and I have never worried that they will fail. However, I like to have enough battery power for emergency use and so carry a 4 cell plastic battery holder from batterystation.com. It holds 4 123 cells without noise and fits flat in my jacket pocket. I also carry a Lo-Ti in a front pocket that can act as a loaner in the event of a power outage. I don't wish to give up my only EDC in such times, and the spare light is small enough to not be noticed.

Finally, if my wife asks to borrow a light, my main EDC is still on my hip while she uses my nearly indestructable Lo-Ti.

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My EDC are L4, Pr-T on me and M3T in a small pouch.
I carry 8 x cr123s and 2x rcr123s.
The rechargaebles are for the L4 and Pr-T and the primaries are for the M3T.
Its convenient if you have a small bag or pouch for your flashlight and you put a few batteries in there. Batteries are small and light.

I try to do the following, I usually have 3 or 4 bags that i use, including my work laptop bag. I try to put 2-4 spare cr123s in each bag so that
if i grab any bag, i know i have spares in them.

You can pick up cr123s for $1 online and if you go with rechargaebles, they pay for themselves after a while

I have used rechargaebles for the last 3 years, they have more than paid for themselves a few times over.
 

DaveG

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I carry spare aa-aaa-123 batterys in my day pack.Figure I have most of the bases covered if I switch my EDC light around.It takes up very little room in the pack.
 

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I sewed on 3 elastic pouch loops on the side of my SF 9P nylon holster (the old quality version, not the new smaller crappy fit ones) so I'm always with spares whenever I carry that light

but honestly, for EDC use, today's LEDs are so efficient that I can tell when they're getting weak - with plenty of time to make a change of batteries at home
 

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Depends on the situation. In many cases, no, but if I know ahead of time I might need it for an extended period, then I'll pack spares.

I was at a museum yesterday with my Minimag and camera. I had 6 extra AA and didn't need any of them (usually the way it goes!)
 

mspeterson

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I keep spare batteries all over the place.....

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Big_Ed

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At work, my EDC is a Surefire L4. I wanted to be able to carry a spare pair of batteries, and stumbled across a belt holster at Cabelas that was designed to hold a small flashlight and a knife side by side in individual compartments. Well, 2 flashlights fit in there just as well, so now I carry the L4, and my trusty Inova X5 basically as a spares carrier. It's nice to have another light at my disposal, too.
 

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I carry spare aa-aaa-123 batterys in my day pack.Figure I have most of the bases covered if I switch my EDC light around.It takes up very little room in the pack.


Dave, how do you carry them, do you have a box that fit all three type of batteries, or they are in separate boxes?
 

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i carry a couple spare AA alkalines in my cell-phone holster.


Of course, i also carry an additional spare flashlight or two . . . .

:whistle:

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I am using a small cheap nylon pouch that came with some random tool or light, I forget... I have 1 123 primary, 1 L91, 1 L92 in there. Very very light, and plenty small enough to not be a problem in my cargos.

Sad part is, I have 5 flashlights in my pockets too...
 

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No spare batteries on me, but I do keep them in my briefcase and in a bag with me when traveling.
 

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My always on me - edc is a SL Microstream. I also usually throw an extra E2 lithium AAA bat in my pocket as well. I also keep extra 123a's in my car and an extra 17670 in my coat pocket....with my Tiablo MA6.
 

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I EDC an L1T, so I'm on AA instead of 123's but I use rechargables for everyday and carry a couple of lithium primaries for backup.

I don't know where he got it, nor have I ever seen them for sale on the website but the 2xAA nylon pouch works great and was a gift from David at the Fenix store.



-Greg
 
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